Forever Dance - a Line Dance by Bill Bader

Forever Dance

Description: 4 Wall Line Dance with one Restart, 32 Counts, Intermediate Level

Choreographed by: Bill Bader Vancouver, BC, Canada August 2003

Choreographer contact: Email: Website: www.billbader.com

Music:

Choreographed to: "Forever and Ever, Amen" by Randy Travis (92 bpm) on many CD's

including his Greatest Hits (Vol. Two) and many various artists collections

* Restart for "Forever and Ever, Amen": The 5th pattern is a Short Wall, so complete just the first 16 counts, then restart. Fortunately, it is not necessary to count walls because the short wall corresponds to the 16-count instrumental bridge in the music; so simply listen for when Randy stop singing. The Short Wall (wall 5) begins on the front wall and ends on the back wall. Note: Other versions of this song exist (Paul Overstreet has one), so you may have to adjust the phrasing accordingly.

Non-country options: "Just A Little" by Liberty X (108 bpm)
"Loaded" by Ricky Martin (80 bpm / CD: Sound Loaded)

MAMBO FWD & BACK, MAMBO BACK & FORWARD, FWD 1/2 PIVOT, FWD 1/4 PIVOT

1&2 Step R forward, Recover weight onto L, Step R back

3&4 Step L back, Recover weight onto R, Step L forward

5-6 Step R forward, Pivot Turn 1/2 left onto L

7-8 Step R forward, Pivot Turn 1/4 left onto L

SAMBA STEP, SAMBA STEP, JAZZ BOX TURNING 1/4 RIGHT

1&2 Cross Step R over L, Step L to left side, Recover weight onto R

3&4 Cross Step L over R, Step R to right side, Recover weight onto L

5-6 Cross Step R over L, Step L back

7-8 Step R to right side turning 1/4 right, Step L forward

*** On your 5th repetition, restart from here.

PADDLE TURNS 1/4 + 1/4, SHUFFLE FWD, PADDLE TURNS 1/4 + 1/4, ROCK FWD-BACK

1& Paddle Turn 1/4 : Place ball of R foot forward, pushing off onto L with a 1/4 turn left

2& Paddle Turn 1/4 : Place ball of R foot forward, pushing off onto L with a 1/4 turn left

3&4 Step R forward, Step L beside R, Step R forward

5& Paddle Turn 1/4 : Place ball of L foot forward, pushing off onto R with a 1/4 turn right

6& Paddle Turn 1/4 : Place ball of L foot forward, pushing off onto R with a 1/4 turn right

7-8 Step L forward, Rock back onto R

SHUFFLE BACK, RONDE TURN 1/2 R, TOE SWITCHES L&R&L, MONTEREY TURN 1/4 L

1&2 Step L back, Step R beside L, Step L back

3 Begin the Ronde by sweeping R toe from front to right side to back while bending L knee

4 Continue the Ronde turning 1/2 right ending with a Step R beside L

5& Touch L toe to left side, Step L beside R

6& Touch R toe to right side, Step R beside L

7 Touch L toe to left side

8 Monterey Turn 1/4 left stepping L beside R

End of pattern... Begin again.

This step sheet was updated 12 Feb 2004 by the choreographer adding non-country song options. For updates and more dances by Bill, visit website http://www.billbader.com